Sgt F A Upston

Sgt FA Upston of 511sqn went missing on 23/3/43 in Liberator AL 587,on a flight between Gibraltar and Lyneham,from information in Wings over Wiltshire by Rod Priddle,it states it was carrying freight and 13 passengers, it list the crew names but only AVM Robert Witham in the passengers and have assumed FA Upston was one of the passengers a returning pilot of 511 sqn.
By the discription missing shot down or severe mechanical failure, any help greatly recieved.

The aircraft departed from Gibraltar at 10.36 hours local time on a transit flight to RAF Lyneham. However, the aircraft did not arrive and was lost without trace. Errol Martyn records in his book "For Your Tomorrow" Volume 2, that the aircraft was attacked and shot down by fighters over the Bay of Biscay at 14.20 hours and that one of the attacking aircraft crashed into the sea during the engagement.

F A Upston

Thanks for your quick reply Amrit, the crew are named on the Runnymede memorial
except for Sgt Boustead who is on the Malta Memorial, I have a post card of the Runnymede Memorial with WA Upston name on given to me by my father in law, FA Upston being his uncle.I was once shown a photograph album of his flying training in the USA, this has since been lost.
thanks Starfire.

This is Chris Campbell Thomson of Cairns QLD AS (chris.thomson76@bigpond.com. I am 80y/o nephew of the pilot of AL587 whose full name is George Thomas Raleigh Francis - not Geoffery Thomas etc as recorded. He was a pilot for East African Airways Aka Wilson Airways before the war. I received the war office telegram bearing the news to his sister, my mother, in Nairobi, Kenya. Most grateful to your subscribers for more info in 5 minutes than I have been able to glean over the previous 79 years. Thank you all.